Pahayag ni Atty. Jess, "Aquino omitted to state that she herself did not file the cases in a manner that avoids publicity.

"She must have either tolerated or enabled the media to publicize her filing of the complaints as may be seen from the following media or social media reports which photograph her filing the Complaint-Affidavit."

ENTITLED TO HIS OWN OPINION

"In the same vein, when respondent described me as ‘liar,’ ‘spoiled oligarch brat,’ ‘sinungaling,’ ‘pa-victim,’ ‘madaming faults,’ one who fooled his family, paid a blogger, politicizes everything, and always longs for a man’s company and to be the center of attention, he imputed me conditions that tend to put me in bad light and cause dishonor and contempt upon me."

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"Moreover, the words used by respondent in his posts were offensive and humiliating, making it patently obvious that he has no other objective but to embarrass me and injure my reputation.

"This is certainly indicative of actual malice on the part of the respondent."